Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1942-05-08

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Vol 21. No. IA
COI.LMBU.S. OHIO, FRIDAY, MAY 8,  1042
Strictly Confidential
Tldblta From BverTwhere By Phlnens J. Blron
WE'RE TELLING YOU
m It really la high time for the various Jewish and non-Jewish groups that are trying to fight racial and religious prejudice! to take a gander at our northern neighbor . . . The situation in the Province of Quebec calls for a thorough looking-lnto . . . The anti-Semitism rampant there Is something that Hitler hlmself| would be proud of . . . It's set ting a new high for the Western hemisphere in a field in which our score should be zero If you're wondering whether the foreman of the Vlchyous collab¬ orationists is fully aw.nre ofi what's cooking, listen to Harry Hershfieid's reassuring words "Laval knows what's he doing," says Harry, "He has a treason for everything" . . . According to "Das Schwarze Korps", offi cial organ of Hitler's Elite Guanl, even speaking of food is considered unpatriotic in Nazi land the.se days, on the grounds that memories of meals consum¬ ed in the good old days would prove detrimental lo the civilian and military morale of the Rpich . . .
HITTING AT HITLER 1^ Now it's the astrologers who're ganging up on Hitler . . . They say this month spells the heginning ot the end for him- and one Chicago stargazer even specifies that the constellations i sJiS;t^iiJiefc5tliigJCttehre!siA'wlUi',Kiieet!
Hospital" . . ^ Could'she mean the bughouse? ... In any case, here's hoping events prove her right — but soon , . , Over in Brooklyn o,ne of the movie pal
I J aces   has   Installed   a   shooting
¦• gallery  in  the  lobby,  the  idea
being that if you buy a defense stamp you get a chance to test your accuracy as a shot . . . The theatre sold over a thousand dol¬ lars' worth of defense bonds and stamps in two days — not only because Brooklynites are nat¬ urally patriotic, but because the target at which their shots were aimed was nothing less than a representation of Addled Adolf, BIBLICAL DEPARTMENT ti^ It seems you can find any¬ thing in the nibie it you just look hard enough . . . Here's columnist Neai O'Hara with this bit from Isaiah: "In that day the Lord will take away . . their round tires like the moon . . '. Last Sunday', at the bantjuet given in his honor, Pierre van Paassen was presented with a seventeenth-century Hebrew Bible by the Committee for a Jewish Army - . - Van Paassen collects old Bibles, and has a very impressive array of them in his home . - . \N''eil-nained is "The Pocket Companion," the' latest two-bit collection of stor les, poems, etc . . . This depart¬ ment is of cuiiise pariicularly interested in a long pro.se poem by the Ijlbllcal writer whom we know as the Preacher . . . Otiier Jewish authors represented in the volume are Max Heerbohm and Louis Untermeyer ... A not unexpected Biblical f I a v o r| strikes you also when you in¬ spect the newly pubiishetl Voi¬ ume Six of the Universal Jew¬ ish Encyclopedia, which opens with the name of Jabal, Biblical ancestor of "such a dwell in] tents," and closes wilh the bio¬ graphy of Elijah ben Asher Halevl Ashkenazl Levita, auth¬ or of the famous concordance IContlnued on Page Eight)
U. J. A. Reports On Rescue Program For Nazi Victims
NEW VOBK (WNS)—Details of a far-flung relief and rescue program for the victims of Naz¬ ism In allied and neutral coun¬ tries in Europe, the Jewish homeland in Palestine and in the Western hemisphere, main talned throughout the present world conflict with the support of the American Jews, were out¬ lined this week at an executive committee meeting of the United Jewish Appeal.
In the report presented to the executive committee of the U J. A., which is the single fund- raising instrument for ihe Joint Distribution Committee, United Palestine Appeal and the Na tional Refugee Service, William Rosenwald, Ptabbl Abba Hillel Silver and Rabbi Jonah B. Wise national chairmen, declared "Toui effort on the front for human reconstruction must keep pace wilh total effort on the balliefronts for democracy if the ideals of free civilization are to prevail."
The report stated that the .loint Distrihution Committee had extended a.ssistance lo 9,10, 000 persons ih some 50 countries throughout the world in 1941. At present the Joint Distribution Committee i.s re<iulred to extend aid to 2,000,000 refugee Poles who are now in Russia in a non- sectarian relief program in col-| laboration with the Polish Gov-
iHa^bbr-'tl»~-jolnt5S,;Dlstii1biiuti6n' Cotrimittefe his; aiiraniea^ fir thiie emigration of 5,000 refugees from' Europe, bringing to a total of 260,000 the number of victims of Hitlerism who have been helped to escape by this agency since the beginning of the Nazi regime in Germany in 1933. In addition, the J. D. C. is helping 115,000 refugees who have set-i tied in South America lo become self-sustaining.
Aided by the United Palestine Appeal, more than .300,000 Jew¬ ish refugees from Central and Eastei^ European lands have found a haven in Palestine dur¬ ing the past nine years. In the first three months of 1042 three thousand Jews found their way to Palestina with the help of the United Palestine Appeal. Alto¬ gether, 38,000 Jewish refugees have come inlo Palestine since the outbreak of hostlhtles in September, 1939. The report added that 20(1 agricultural col¬ onies established by the United Palestine Appeal are producing large c|uantities of foodstuffs for the armies of the Middle East.
On the home front, the Nation¬ al Refugee Service, in view of the need for skilietl labor, has placed special emphasis on mak¬ ing available lo war industries individuals who can find em¬ ployment in our production pro- ,gram without displacing .Ameri¬ can workers. From January througli Mai*ch, such placements totalled 1.643. An additional 155 placements were made in behalf of profes.sionals — 72 being for physicians and the balance for musicians and religious function¬ aries, the report disclosed. One of the most important new re¬ sponsibilities of the Natlonai Refugee Service, it was poijtled out, was that of aiding refugees to loyally comply with wartime alien regulations and restric¬ tions.
—Buy War Bonds—
Noted Speaker Will Address Sisterhood At Meeting Tuesday
The final luncheon meeting of the year for the Rose E. Lazarus Sisterhood wiil he held next Tuesday, May 12, at 12:45 P. M.. at the Virginia Hotel. A charge of 85 cents per plate is to be made.
Mrs. M. Myer Singer of Cin¬ cinnati, outstanding speaker, civic worker and leader of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, will address the group at the luncheon. Mrs. Sing¬ er is a hoard member of the Isaac M. Wise Tempie Sisterhood in Cincinnati and is supervLsor of the religious school there. She is extremely active in civic work and in this capacity served as chalmian of the Woman's Divis¬ ion for Charier Government, Mrs. Singer was also for six years, co-chairman of the Women's Division of the Jew ish Welfare Fund Drive in Cin¬ cinnati. She was aiso president of the Parent-Teacher's organi zatlon and is one of the editors stf the i'arent-Teacher magazine in that city.
Also on the program there wil be a musical skit by members of Sigma l")e!ta Tau sororily of Ohio Slale University. This pres¬ entation recently won them a prize at the university's "High- Jinks" show.
The annual report will be giv¬ en by Mrs. Allen Gundersheimer, outgoing president, with the Sisterhood board participating: The Induction ot the x incoming president and board members ;wlll:i;ba;aM6hg/:tli&hlghllftliit3..p^^ ¦the'''afi«raoah's.'iJHigrairi;   .">'^^-J^
"The annual luncheon meet¬ ing is one event you cannot af¬ ford to miss", declared Mrs. Gundershelmer. Every mem¬ ber ot the Sisterhood is urged to attend and to phone reserva¬ tions at once to Miss Dolly Roth, FA. 7838 at the temple office, or give them to the telephone squad.
DR. CHAIM WEIZMANN, WORLD-RENOWNED STATESMAN, TO MAKE 1ST U. S. RROADCAST
President of Jewish Agency Will Participate In Program On
Behalf Of United Jewish Appeal, Over N. B. C.
Red Network at 6:30 P. M. (E. W. T.)
In the first radio address ever made in America, Dr. Chalm Weizmann, President of the lewish Agency for Palestine, will be heard in a nationwide broadcast on behalf of the Uni¬ ted ,lewish Appeal for Refugees, Overseas Needs and Palestine, over the  National  Broadcasting
To Hold Memorial Service For Jewish Dead May 17th
T. I. Men's Club To Hold Annual Banquet Next Thursday
Next Thursday, May 14, at 6:30 P. M.. marks the occasion, of Uie gala Annual Banquet of the Tifereth Israel Men's Club. As in the past, the banquet will be served in the Social Hall of the Temple and is to be the closing event of the season. The of¬ ficers tor 1942-1943, who will he installed, are:
Al H. Lewin, Pre.s.; Dr. J. A. Rudolph, Jos. Davl.s and Ray¬ mond D. Nateman, vice-presi¬ dents: Sam Luper. Secretary; and Frank Kauffman, Treasurer.
fttyer Warsaskl, chairman of arran.i^emenls, has promised all who atlend a most sumptuous bill ot fare, including a chicken dinner "with ail the trimmin's". A most interesting program has heen arranged. Dr. Sidney Terr, of the Ohio State University, wiil address the group on current af¬ fairs, to tie followed by a (lues¬ tion period. A variety of enter¬ tainment wiii climax the eve¬ ning's   program.
The hanquet is open without charge lo all present memiiers of the Men's Club and to all new members who pay their next season's dues  that  evening.
Show your appreciation to the Chi*onicIe'H 20 years of loyal nud devoted serv¬ ice to Columbas Jewish Community by paying your subscription now-^4S3.00 for tbe year.
NEW YORK (JPS)—The Jew¬ ish War dead, men who fell in the service ot the Unite<l States both in past wars and in the present war since Pearl Harbor, will be honored on May 17lh. "I Am an American Day," by the Jewi.sh War Veterans ot the United States and Senator Scott W.  Lucas,  Illinois  Democrat.
At the 47th Annual Memorial Services, to be held at Temple Emanu-Fl here, tribute wiii be paid to the Jewish soldiers and sailors who fell In defense otthe United Stales. The parents of the fallen heroes of the present war have bee^ inviled to par¬ ticipate personally in the ser¬ vices honoring their sons. Tlie event will highlight the conlvi- Inn ion of Jews as Americans to the progress of America. —Buv Wnr Bonds—
"Auxiliary Night" To Feature B'nai B'rith Meeting Monday   .
"Auxiliary Night" wiU be thel
merne"'(;tf*a':'iiritHci*jHt>ai!'r:c?iM bratioh io'• be' presenifed by'• the| Women's AuxlHary of Zion Lodge No. 62, B'nai B'rlth, al the meeting next Monday eve¬ ning, May 11, at the East Broad 9t. Temple. Mrs. Catherine Tandy is chairman ot the pro¬ gram which will begin prompt iy at 8 o'clock.
Among the highlights of the evening wlli be "Historians Re¬ port", a review ot the past year accomplishments ot the local chapter iyid a "Mother's Mem¬ ory Album", a striking and vivid presentation in tableau form, dedicated to our mothers and directed by Mrs. Martin A Ros enthai.
Refreshments will he served at the close ot the meeting.
Also on Ihat evening, mem hers of Zion Lo<ige will be ask ed to vole tor delegates to the Columbus Jewish Communily Council, Eight are to he chosen ficini the following list of can- (lidateB; i. W, Garek. I. M. Har¬ ris. William Kahn. Rahbi Han-y Kaiilan. Walter Katz. Samuel Luper. Hen Neustadt, Sam Schlonsky. .lusiin L. Sillman Allan Tarshish and .lack Wol stein.
All nienihcfs of Zion Lodge, their wiv^t;. mothers and friends are  in\iled.
—Buy Wur Honda— N. ,1. (iOVKU.V'OU HKJNH BILL  .\(;AI\rtT  K.\(K  BIAH
TRKNTO.V l.ll'Si-A liill pro¬ viding harsh peiialiies for war or public contractors who re fuse lo hire a person because of race, color or cree<i was sign¬ ed here by Govern<ir Charles Edison. "The iiili provides tor a maximum sentence of six months' imprisonment and a fine of $500.
"The central purpose for which, we are tighting this war", the Governor staled, "Is to de fend the rights ot men as men We are combating nations and forces tiiat seek to do every thing that this bill forbids."
Company (Red) network Thurs. .r ^
day. May 14, 1942, at 6 30 P M l '^
(Eastern War Time) 3
The   world-renowned     Jewish '
statesman,   just     arrived    from -il
Britain by Clipper, will speak on ^i
Ihe   .subject   "On   the   Road   to I
Victory."    He  will  discuss  war i'
and postwar problems with spe¬ cial reference to the fate and future of minorities in Europe, the Jewish position in Pales¬ tine and the present world prob¬ lem of succoring milHons of democratic-minded people now. living under the .shadow of the Axis.
As the man largely respon¬ sible fur the Issuance of the Bal¬ four Declaration in 1917, pledg¬ ing Great Britain's aid in the re¬ building of the Jewish National Home in Palestine, Dr. Weiz¬ mann has been a lowering fig¬ ure in international affairs and an outstanding Jewish leader for a (piarter ot a century. His influence has heen felt In every phase of the vast project of col- onzatiun and development, which ^
has been carried oul in Palestine flurlng the past two decades, largely finan(-e<l b.y the United Palestine Ai)peal, one of the three major rescue agencies par¬ ticipating in the United Jewish appeal- Parallel 10 his political achieve¬ ments have been Dr. Welz¬ mann's contributions to science, lie is one ot the World's great¬ est chemists. A process which he developed during the iast war for facilitating the manutac- iine ot TNT, and which is stiU a closely guarded military secret, played a significant part In the Allied victory. In the present conflict. Dr. Weizmann is re- porle<l to have turned his scien¬ tific talents again to the service ot Ihe United Nations' cause in |S
invesligations being conducted at the Da.nlei Sleff Research In- stilute, Rehoboth, Palestine, ot which he is director.
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